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September 14th 1945, Alameda, California.
Four generations of US carrier doctrine* Lexington-class USS Saratoga (CV-3), Yorktown-class USS Enterprise (CV-6), Essex-class USS Hornet (CV-12),* and *Independance-class USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) *in the Bay of San Francisco.
 
Some was asking about a picture of Canadians at Ortona with an MG.
Is this what you're looking for?

Canadian soldiers inspect an MG-34 machine gun in Ortona, Italy. December 1943.

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diopter said:
Munhango East Angola, 1970

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Portuguese Dragoons berets
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Those are great pics. They also answer a question I've wondered about for years. Did the Dragoons have indigenous riders?

Your pics show they did.

Now I have another question to figure out.

How on earth did an Appaloosa Gelding get to Angola???

Lots of Matabele tribes there, both in the city and in the bush. Lots of nasty fighting in that area as well.

Jug Falls on the river is beautiful.

Typical bustling city with dirt poor barios all around the outskirts. Likely worse now.
 
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bearhunter said:
Those are great pics. They also answer a question I've wondered about for years. Did the Dragoons have indigenous riders?

Your pics show they did.

Now I have another question to figure out.

How on earth did an Appaloosa Gelding get to Angola???

Lots of Matabele tribes there, both in the city and in the bush. Lots of nasty fighting in that area as well.

Jug Falls on the river is beautiful.

Typical bustling city with dirt poor barios all around the outskirts. Likely worse now.
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I asked a Veteran (A.B. Neves) from the Dragoons. Appaloosa were acquired in Argentina.
 
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I asked a Vet (AB Neves) from the Dragoons. Appaloosa were acquired in Argentina.
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Thanx for that.

I remember back in the sixties there was an Argentinian buyer of Appaloosa breeding stock, scouring Washington, Monatana and Nevada.

I didn't realize it would lead to military applications.

Great horses and very pretty.
 
bearhunter said:
Those are great pics. They also answer a question I've wondered about for years. Did the Dragoons have indigenous riders?

Your pics show they did.

Now I have another question to figure out.

How on earth did an Appaloosa Gelding get to Angola???

Lots of Matabele tribes there, both in the city and in the bush. Lots of nasty fighting in that area as well.

Jug Falls on the river is beautiful.

Typical bustling city with dirt poor barios all around the outskirts. Likely worse now.
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An Appaloosa in Africa, an old style rat tailer to boot, as a former breeder, I'm surprised. :)

Grizz
 
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An Appaloosa in Africa, an old style rat tailer to boot, as a former breeder, I'm surprised. :)

Grizz
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That was over 50 years ago. The Portuguese never threw out anything that was usable and still functioned as it was intended.

Their weaponry and equipment at the time was a mixmash from all over the world, new/old/revolutionary and they put it to good use.
 
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The indigenous troopies were something to behold. Tough as hell, brave to a fault and very loyal. I liked them a lot.

Many of them were terrified of horses though. Not that they weren't smart enough to know better, sort of like most of us have an unexplainable fear of snakes/spiders.

For those that haven't experienced an 1100 pound horse coming directly at you, at full gallop, with no compunctions about stomping you into the ground, it's hard to explain the feeling.

Someplace, just south of Muhango is a large clearing in the bush and there are/were close to 50 T34 tanks, parked there by their Cuban drivers, just after they were given refurbed T60s. Most were worn out, some had to be towed in.

After they stripped them of anything that went bang, they just left them there for the locals to strip what they could use from them.
 
GEP column 8 en route to Zangaia, Tete.

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"Venancio Luis
It's a real shame that we can't tell the truth these men They are our black heroes mestizos white creoles who gave their lives for Portugal, I walked on the trails from Estima to Chocoua and Chupera in the year from the end of 72 to the end of 74, columns of Estima à Tete city."
 
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The Do 18 (1935-38) was a patrol plane used throughout world war 2. First flight March 1935
100 were produced in total and it featured a unique top mounted push/pull dual engine system and light armament. It was a sesquiplane (one and a half wings) and the bottom wing doubled as a float while landed in water.

Reminds me of a PBY Catalina (1936-45) First flight March 1935
 
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Whatever floats your boat. :)
S.N.C.A.C. NC-420
The SNCAC NC.420 was a French observation flying boat from the early 1940s. It had an odd offset canopy arrangement. It was designed to operate off a battleship and could be folded up for stowage.
Only one was built….
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